Morgan Daniel Meyer | |
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Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 108th district |
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Assumed office January 13, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Dan Branch |
Personal details | |
Born | 1974 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Keana Bucher Meyer |
Children | Three children |
Residence | University Park, Texas |
Alma mater | Washington and Lee University School of Law |
Religion | United Methodist Church |
Morgan Daniel Meyer (born 1974) is a lawyer with Bracewell & Giuliani in Dallas, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 108 in Dallas County. He succeeded the twelve-year House veteran Dan Branch, who ran unsuccessfully in the May 27, 2014 runoff election for Attorney General of Texas but was defeated by State Senator Ken Paxton. Branch endorsed Meyer as his successor in the House runoff election.
From a family of six children, Meyer graduated in 1996 from Southern Methodist University in University Park, which he attended on a scholarship. He was an intern for former U.S. Representative Larry Combest of Texas's 19th congressional district, based about Lubbock. In 1999, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.
Meyer resides in University Park with his wife, the former Keana Bucher, and, as of 2014, their three children. He is a Sunday school teacher in the United Methodist Church. He is a past officer of the Greater Dallas Pachyderm Club, an organization which promotes the Republican Party.